ATD23: The Street Fighter Mixtape
Akira The Don – ATD23: The Street Fighter Mixtape
Uploaded May 12th 2010
Download 1 track MP3 (256 kbps)
Download track seperated MP3 bundle (320 kbps) - (File re-upped, LINK FIXED! Click the links, then scroll down and click the big BLUE download button! Apologies for the longness, but I can’t host this shit here while traffic’s so crazy cos the server keeps melting!)
Damn!
I did it! And I love it!
THE STREET FIGHTER MIXTAPE!
Whooop!
I had a ton of fun making this… this epic thing of wonder and glory. And to think how it began! It was supposed to be EASY… a simple, quick, fun thing I could do in a day and fulfil April’s mixtape quota. A mix of Street Fighter related music. There’s tons of it – Redman’s joint from back in the day, Ras Kass, Double, and so on – but quickly the project took off on its own crazy tangent when I found myself sampling the original SF joints wholesale and making new songs with them, rather than just arranging them all together. Then I discovered the newer themes (S4 has some mind blowing music on it) and the movies’ music… So the project took almost 3 weeks, instead of the intended day, and now we’re suddenly half-way through May and the rent’s mad late and there’s a lisping Tory dipstick in Number 10 (Twitter got it down to #ConDemNation, oh the lulz). DAMN! Where’d all that time go? I was supposed to be dropping an EP on May 16th to celebrate my birthday. That is so NOT going to happen!
But here we have this – almost an album in itself. Scrub the “almost”… what I’ve been doing here all this time is all that stuff you can’t do on albums. Sample outrageously! Force self into corners! Learn fast! Scream at the horror of self-imposed deadlines! Push the maximiser too far! Learn from mistakes! Make new ones!
And, most importantly, make a gang of dope music and give it to the world.
From me to you then:
Street Fighter Music.
Akira The Don – ATD23: The Street Fighter Mixtape
Produced, engineered and mixed by Akira The Don at Don Studios IV
Cuts by DJ Jack Nimble
Extra guitars by Jeremy AllenTracklisting:
Waking UpTheme From KenEntertainers ft. LittlesThe TitleThe Victory BoogieR.Y.U.Ending 1NomadVEGAStreet Fighter (I Will F U Up) ft Big Narstie, Littles & Lickel PSteal The Show ft LittlesCongratulationsBONUS: Ken Will F U UpEDIT: I will be upping a complete list of the samples used next week…
- Akira The Don – ATD22: Superhero Music
- Streetfighter: REEEEEEMIX COMETITION!
- The Doncast # 13
- The Doncast # 12 with special guest Littles
- The Doncast # 14
- Akira The Don – Be Brave
Tags: akira the don, atd23, big narstie, envy, Jack Nimble, littles, MIXTAPE, street fighter, street fighter mixtape, streetfighter, the streetfighter mixtape






Fresh! its great! its grand! its pure genius! best music! been listening since that first ep came out! loved it!! so fresh! if only i could find it and now look how far you have come. 6 years yo. ontop of the world!
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May 12th, 2010 at 5:47 am
Well done that man!
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May 12th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Some awesome songs on this one sir!
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May 12th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Happy Birthday AKIRA…. YOU are the person who made me remember that im NOT OLD, and youre 2 years my junior so… BIG UP man…… keep keeping us young
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May 12th, 2010 at 6:50 am
Great vibe overall, I loved the chill pieces especially, didn’t expect them on a Street Fighter mixtape, but found them to be a great addition! Props, especially to the bonus Ken will F U Up track, greaaaat shit there!
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May 12th, 2010 at 7:15 am
[...] your peepers at AkiraTheDon.com and download the single-track MP3, or stream it straight from your browser. It’s a hefty 95MB [...]
May 12th, 2010 at 8:43 am
this is fucking class. sounding amazing.
but a Rialto chorus? I bought that rialto album it was rubs apart from that song.
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May 12th, 2010 at 10:05 am
LOVE IT! Well worth the wait as always
I’m going to keep reposting this on FB, make sure everyone gets a copy
Have you heard Scorzayzees new mixtape yet? http://www.sendspace.com/file/m9k58v
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May 12th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Envy’s amazing on this!
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May 12th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
amazing, well done!! a great listen
only 1 gripe tho, i can’t believe you beat me with that rialto tip, i recorded my vocals for a cover of that song about a month ago but haven’t done anything with em since
realy kicked myself when i heard it!!
must admit my vocals were fucking shocking but thats not the point.
and i’m glad people still remember rialto, even if joey aint feeling it
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May 12th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Mr. Don,
Sorry I have no comics to send you for your birthday but I have got a book that I was thinking you might like, what was the address to send it to again?
It will be late of course! Sorry.
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May 12th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Love it as usual AK! Keep it up man, you ARE the best! DO IT AGAIN!!!
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May 13th, 2010 at 4:04 am
Hells yeah, totally worth the wait. Winners is AMAZING.
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May 13th, 2010 at 9:23 am
Kotaku’s given the mixtape a mention: http://kotaku.com/5538060/the-best-gaming-mixtape-youll-ever-hear
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May 13th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
WOO HOO!
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Raydome reply on May 13th, 2010 6:39 pm:
You’re back
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May 13th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
[...] long. Also the mixtape is FREE to download. If you want to listen and/or download the album check here. I’ve listen to the mixtape and I think it’s awesome, so check it [...]
May 13th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
[...] Envy does what she does best on this choice cut from Akira The Don’s new conceptual mixtape, ATD23: The Street Fighter Mixtape, which is entirely self-produced and wholly dope. Make sure you cop the whole [...]
May 13th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
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May 13th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
Arrgh File Not Found!
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Akira The Don reply on May 13th, 2010 11:12 pm:
Which link? Just tried them and they all work fine here!
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timinaz reply on May 13th, 2010 11:14 pm:
The track sep file…
I’ll try it at home, was hoping to use our ds3 here at wok…
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Yeah slight problem, I can’t download the seperate track files. When I right click save-as it works, but when I get the file to open/extract it says the file is 1kb and is corrupted. Really wanna give this a listen anything you/I can do?
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James W. Lehr reply on May 13th, 2010 11:33 pm:
Okay listening to the track file on your site, and now I “REALLY” want it. Amazing…I think it has to do with when you left click on it it goes to a page that says 404 file not found, so since the link doesn’t lead to the music it can’t really download anything. That’s just theory though I’m not amazing with computers or anything.
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Nope, both links won’t work for me.
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
seperate track file isnt working for me either…..
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
DON IS ON THE CASE! HOLD TIGHT GANG!
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
Ok, that should work now…
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
From a mexican Street Fighter Fan, thank you! Your work is another reason to justify videogames as art!
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May 13th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Dude, this is awesome! Fantastic work!
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May 14th, 2010 at 12:54 am
Thank you all fixed and wonderful…BRILLIANT!!!
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May 14th, 2010 at 12:58 am
[...] mas depois que engrena, é simplesmente muito boa. E o melhor, a música esta liberada para download na página do artista. E ai pessoal do Select Game, e fãs de Street Fighter, o que acharam? VN:F [1.9.0_1079]por favor [...]
May 14th, 2010 at 1:23 am
awesome love the mix but i cant download the whole things as 1 track. keeps coming up with 404 error and when i right clikck and save the file is less than 1mb and wont do anything when double clicked.
Any idea whats up with it?
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May 14th, 2010 at 1:27 am
awesome love the mix but i cant download the whole things as 1 track. keeps coming up with 404 error and when i right clikck and save the file is less than 1mb and wont do anything when double clicked.
Any idea whats up with it?
again awesome mix love it
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Akira The Don reply on May 14th, 2010 1:28 pm:
Working fine over here! Don;t right click! Just click! Then hit the big BLUE button! Safe!
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May 14th, 2010 at 1:28 am
Lovin’ it!
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May 14th, 2010 at 1:42 am
…tearing up t’interwebs, dude…
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May 14th, 2010 at 9:19 am
[...] Go have a look here to learn more and download the tape for free. [...]
May 14th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Awesome, will there be a Mortal Kombat music later this year
Manga Music!?
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May 14th, 2010 at 10:43 am
[...] You can check out the full mixtape over at Akira The Don’s website. [...]
May 14th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Thanks as always man…will get this on my Ipod tonight.
Check this site…old comics and stuff free to download (Warrior, 2000ad type stuff)
http://cosmobells.blogspot.com/2008/09/mega-2000ad-post-part-6-2000ad-specials.html
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May 14th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
[...] always love to hear these renditions of the classic video game soundtracks. The Street Fighter Mixtape was made by Akira The Don. I had never heard of this guy before, and still don’t much about [...]
May 14th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
I quite enjoyed the OSTs specially for Super SF 4, can’t wait to listen to this one. Thanks
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May 15th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
[...] in Games: The tunes behind the action Street Fighter gets a 52-minute mix tape, which is pretty darn awesome. I’m listening to it now. Mega Man Music: The blue bomber meets [...]
May 16th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
I’m a fan of anything Street Fighter, and a bigger fan of anything that prominently features the music from the Ken stage. Well played, sir! Consider me a new fan.
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May 17th, 2010 at 5:13 am
[...] So the project took almost 3 weeks, instead of the intended day…” The project is A Tribute to the Music of Streetfighter an awesome 50 minute mix of Street Fighter soundscapes, released for free on Akira’s site [...]
May 17th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
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May 18th, 2010 at 1:31 am
As soon as the music started, I looked for any credit given to the original remixers of the menu theme. Nope! Although it was ripped from Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, it’s important to note that that game’s soundtrack was inspired from OCRemix’s remix project, Blood on the Asphalt.
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May 18th, 2010 at 4:04 am
[...] Download the Mixtape for free and check out Akira The Don’s website here [...]
May 18th, 2010 at 9:15 am
I cant download the file. It says “file not found” after clicking on the blue button. do u guys know why?
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May 18th, 2010 at 11:16 am
[...] Akira the Don has put together an epic mixtape as a tribute to the game (and the game music) that he loves. In his own words: [...]
May 18th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Where can I buy the full album?, I NEED TO OWN THIS!
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May 18th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
[...] Akira the Don has put together an epic mixtape as a tribute to the game (and the game music) that he loves. In his own words: [...]
May 18th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Yo… In all SERIOUSNESS, I’d like to talk to you about getting some production, you’ve got some seriously impressive material here and I’d love to work with you.
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May 18th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Hey props to Akira man this mixtape is legit i love street fighter and to rape to the songs man make this a beastly mixtape man what you do is the greatest
Late
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May 20th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Hey props to Akira man this mixtape is legit i love street fighter and to rap to the songs man make this a beastly mixtape man what you do is the greatest
Late
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May 20th, 2010 at 6:17 pm
[...] This week’s Retro Revival comes courtesy of European hip-hop artist Akira the Don. The album, A Tribute to the Music of Street Fighter, samples from both the original game soundtracks and other Street Fighter related songs to create an album that sounds both retro and fresh. All fifteen tracks are free to download here. [...]
May 21st, 2010 at 4:08 am
[...] ATD23: The Street Fighter Mixtape | Akira The Don – "It was supposed to be EASY… a simple, quick, fun thing I could do in a day and fulfil April’s mixtape quota. A mix of Street Fighter related music. There’s tons of it" [...]
May 22nd, 2010 at 2:32 pm
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May 22nd, 2010 at 10:20 pm
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May 24th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
[...] Akira The Don. AKIRA THE FUCKING DON. Was kind of amazed when this turned up, and I’m privileged to have this for the podcast. Attached note read in part: Big fan! Since I was a tiny boychild, nicking comics in Liverpool. True stories. Now I am all grown, and I make pop music with rapping in it. I just dropped a mixtape comprised entirely of Street Fighter samples. It’s called The Street Fighter Mixtape. It’s been amazingly popular for some reason. It’s here. [...]
May 30th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
[...] “Be Brave”, from Akira’s Tribute to the music of Street Fighter Mixtape featured here last week, The Don summoned up an army of twitterers to assault the [...]
June 2nd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
no mention of Man Factory? Awesome list but perhaps you should have thrown in a song by a band that does albums all about street fighter. myspace.com/manfactory
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June 3rd, 2010 at 1:23 am
I love the little references to British computing culture… ZX Spectrum, Sam Coupe. Excellent. Thanks Akira for another fun tape that brought back some memories of many 50p spent on SF2 in dodgy arcades.
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June 3rd, 2010 at 3:02 pm
man the starting of this is just the best ever… love the retro ken into the HD remix menu music
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June 3rd, 2010 at 7:05 pm
And now reviewed on THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/7808687/Street-Fighter-mixtape.html
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June 7th, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Seems like the split track link isn’t working! I told a couple of my friends to try it on their computers and they got the same error message.
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Akira The Don reply on June 15th, 2010 3:51 pm:
Too many downloads, again… I have reupped the file!
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June 15th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
streetfighter mix-wel hot,but didnt expect anything else really!any chance of info on live dates this summer dude?
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June 18th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
[...] por Akira the Don, um fã apaixonado pela série, o trabalho ficou muito bom. O álbum traz releituras de vários clássicos do clássico-mor da Capcom, [...]
June 19th, 2010 at 3:53 am
why didn’t this get any love at EVO2010?? they bumped some real bad rapper before the finals but they should gotten ATD in there instead
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July 14th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
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August 6th, 2010 at 10:02 pm